diff --git a/documentation/examples/mermaid-graph/mermaid-example.js b/documentation/examples/mermaid-graph/mermaid-example.js
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+/* eslint-disable */
+
+const path = require("path");
+
+const DataPoint = require("@data-point/core");
+const DPModel = require("@data-point/core/model");
+const DPIfThenElse = require("@data-point/core/ifThenElse");
+const DPMap = require("@data-point/core/map");
+
+const DPMermaidTracer = require("@data-point/tracers/mermaid");
+
+const myModel = DPModel({
+  name: "myModel",
+
+  uid: acc => `${acc.reducer.id}${acc.value.a.b}`,
+
+  value: [
+    "$a.b",
+    input => input.toUpperCase(),
+    DPIfThenElse({
+      if: input => input === "FOO",
+      then: () => {
+        // return "yes foo!!";
+        throw new Error("ohh");
+      },
+      else: input => `foo no! got ${input}`
+    })
+  ],
+
+  catch(acc) {
+    return "its all ok";
+  }
+});
+
+async function main() {
+  const datapoint = DataPoint();
+
+  const input = [
+    {
+      a: {
+        b: "foo"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      a: {
+        b: "bar"
+      }
+    },
+    {
+      a: {
+        b: "baz"
+      }
+    }
+  ];
+
+  const tracer = DPMermaidTracer();
+
+  result = await datapoint.resolve(input, DPMap(myModel), {
+    tracer
+  });
+
+  // save to disk
+  tracer.report(path.join(__dirname, "datapoint-trace-example.mermaid"));
+}
+
+main();
diff --git a/documentation/examples/mermaid-graph/package.json b/documentation/examples/mermaid-graph/package.json
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+{
+  "name": "@data-point/mermaid-example",
+  "main": "mermaid-example.js",
+  "private": true,
+  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@data-point/core": "^6.0.0",
+    "@data-point/tracers": "^1.0.0"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/data-point-tracers/mermaid/index.js b/packages/data-point-tracers/mermaid/index.js
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+++ b/packages/data-point-tracers/mermaid/index.js
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+module.exports = require("./mermaid").Mermaid.create;
diff --git a/packages/data-point-tracers/mermaid/mermaid.js b/packages/data-point-tracers/mermaid/mermaid.js
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+const fs = require("fs").promises;
+
+function getParent(span) {
+  return span.root ? "root" : span.parent;
+}
+
+function getName(span) {
+  return span === "root" ? "root" : `${span.name}${span.context.pid}`;
+}
+
+function graphTD(spans) {
+  const nodes = spans.map(span => {
+    return `  ${getName(getParent(span))}-->${getName(span)}`;
+  });
+
+  return `graph TD;\n${nodes.join("\n")}`;
+}
+
+class Mermaid {
+  constructor() {
+    this.spans = [];
+  }
+
+  static create() {
+    return new Mermaid();
+  }
+
+  start(dpSpan) {
+    this.spans.push(dpSpan);
+  }
+
+  async report(destinationPath) {
+    const report = graphTD(this.spans);
+
+    if (destinationPath) {
+      await fs.writeFile(destinationPath, report);
+    }
+
+    return report;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = {
+  getParent,
+  getName,
+  graphTD,
+  Mermaid
+};
diff --git a/packages/data-point-tracers/mermaid/mermaid.test.js b/packages/data-point-tracers/mermaid/mermaid.test.js
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+const fs = require("fs").promises;
+const { getParent, getName, graphTD, Mermaid } = require("./mermaid");
+
+function createChildSpan(name, pid, parent) {
+  return {
+    name,
+    parent,
+    context: {
+      pid
+    }
+  };
+}
+
+function createSampleSpans() {
+  const aa = createChildSpan("aa", 1);
+  aa.root = true;
+  const bb = createChildSpan("bb", 2, aa);
+  const cc = createChildSpan("cc", 3, aa);
+  const dd = createChildSpan("dd", 4, bb);
+
+  const spans = [aa, bb, cc, dd];
+
+  return spans;
+}
+
+const graphResult = `graph TD;
+  root-->aa1
+  aa1-->bb2
+  aa1-->cc3
+  bb2-->dd4`;
+
+describe("getParent", () => {
+  it("should return `root` if root flag is true", () => {
+    expect(getParent({ root: true })).toEqual("root");
+  });
+  it("should return parent if root flag not true", () => {
+    expect(getParent({ parent: "parent" })).toEqual("parent");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("getName", () => {
+  it("should return 'root' if span is root", () => {
+    expect(getName("root")).toEqual("root");
+  });
+  it("should return constructed name if span is not root", () => {
+    const span = createChildSpan("name", 1);
+    expect(getName(span)).toEqual("name1");
+  });
+});
+
+describe("graphTD", () => {
+  it("should create graph tree", () => {
+    const result = graphTD(createSampleSpans());
+    expect(result).toEqual(graphResult);
+  });
+});
+
+describe("Mermaid", () => {
+  describe("constructor", () => {
+    it("should create spans array", () => {
+      const result = new Mermaid();
+      expect(result).toHaveProperty("spans", []);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("create", () => {
+    it("should have static method to create new instance", () => {
+      const result = Mermaid.create();
+      expect(result).toBeInstanceOf(Mermaid);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("start", () => {
+    it("should track spans", () => {
+      const result = new Mermaid();
+      result.start("span");
+      expect(result.spans).toEqual(["span"]);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("report", () => {
+    it("should create and return mermaid graph", async () => {
+      const result = new Mermaid();
+      result.spans = createSampleSpans();
+      expect(await result.report()).toEqual(graphResult);
+    });
+
+    it("should save to file", async () => {
+      const result = new Mermaid();
+      result.spans = createSampleSpans();
+
+      const spyWriteFile = jest.spyOn(fs, "writeFile").mockResolvedValue(true);
+
+      await result.report("/test.mer");
+      expect(spyWriteFile).toBeCalledWith("/test.mer", graphResult);
+    });
+  });
+});